Nicolas Bertin

Nicolas Bertin par Jean-François Delyen – Versailles

Nicolas Bertin (1667, Paris – 1736) was a French painter.

Biography

A student of Jean Jouvenet, Vernansal the elder and Louis Boullongne, he won the prix de Rome in 1685 for "Construction of Noah's ark". He was admitted to the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1703.

Works

Phaeton driving the sun-chariot Phaéton on the Chariot of Apollo, c. 1720

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